Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,112 
476 
383 
2,136 
2,828 
3,486 
5,349 
Not on farm operated 
1,520 
482 
479 
1,950 
1,409 
938 
1,088 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
923 
336 
306 
1,556 
1,870 
2,634 
4,787 
Any 
1,709 
622 
556 
2,530 
2,367 
1,790 
1,650 
1 to 49 days 
212 
82 
68 
382 
342 
418 
504 
50 to 99 days 
108 
53 
37 
178 
225 
174 
190 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
201 
90 
71 
386 
461 
292 
178 
200 days or more 
1,188 
397 
380 
1,584 
1,339 
906 
778 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
83 
38 
34 
168 
110 
50 
39 
3 or 4 years 
146 
57 
49 
213 
167 
99 
60 
5 to 9 years 
344 
113 
107 
463 
490 
380 
326 
1 0 years or more 
2,059 
750 
672 
3,242 
3,470 
3,895 
6,012 
Average years on present farm 
24.4 
24.5 
25.7 
26.4 
27.9 
29.0 
29.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
67 
29 
22 
124 
81 
25 
19 
3 or 4 years 
118 
45 
39 
175 
133 
73 
44 
5 to 9 years 
304 
93 
95 
424 
463 
340 
256 
1 0 years or more 
2,143 
791 
706 
3,363 
3,560 
3,986 
6,118 
Average years operating any farm 
25.9 
26.5 
27.8 
28.3 
29.5 
30.3 
30.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
22 
11 
17 
60 
95 
39 
10 
25 to 34 years 
173 
68 
46 
298 
421 
470 
393 
35 to 44 years 
253 
103 
95 
319 
438 
479 
1,039 
45 to 49 years 
151 
46 
47 
270 
270 
401 
702 
50 to 54 years 
249 
103 
101 
455 
550 
652 
1,188 
55 to 59 years 
342 
109 
96 
476 
471 
734 
1,199 
60 to 64 years 
345 
144 
97 
590 
511 
667 
869 
65 to 69 years 
327 
137 
95 
504 
449 
410 
511 
70 years and over 
770 
237 
268 
1,114 
1,032 
572 
526 
Average age 
60.7 
59.2 
60.5 
59.9 
57.3 
54.6 
53.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
4 
- 
4 
15 
8 
18 
32 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
33 
15 
5 
61 
29 
39 
44 
Asian 
4 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,590 
941 
857 
4,004 
4,204 
4,371 
6,391 
More than one race reported 
1 
2 
- 
14 
4 
13 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
626 
220 
206 
978 
919 
704 
623 
2 people 
1,319 
495 
424 
2,044 
2,019 
2,042 
2,739 
3 people 
246 
72 
70 
408 
459 
593 
1,062 
4 people 
259 
99 
93 
391 
497 
620 
987 
5 or more people 
182 
72 
69 
265 
343 
465 
1,026 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,891 
633 
525 
2,281 
1,469 
786 
525 
25 to 49 percent 
281 
120 
131 
608 
632 
359 
297 
50 to 74 percent 
282 
126 
129 
597 
979 
909 
1,023 
75 to 99 percent 
131 
65 
64 
422 
723 
1,244 
2,218 
1 00 percent 
47 
14 
13 
178 
434 
1,126 
2,374 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
36 
9 
20 
64 
75 
77 
266 
acres 
5,621 
1,777 
4,771 
22,449 
55,716 
113,940 
1 ,645,838 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,767 
663 
579 
2,754 
3,023 
3,524 
5,659 
Dial-up service 
140 
55 
48 
209 
229 
252 
355 
DSL service 
718 
255 
225 
1,051 
1,301 
1,513 
2,806 
Cable modem service 
354 
114 
135 
633 
476 
395 
495 
Fiber-optic service 
343 
164 
127 
648 
806 
1,006 
1,513 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
271 
106 
88 
393 
403 
485 
764 
Satellite service 
170 
68 
50 
218 
328 
408 
685 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
15 
9 
4 
42 
59 
64 
104 
Other Internet service 
43 
16 
11 
54 
26 
42 
85 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,124 
775 
665 
3,227 
3,313 
3,567 
4,620 
2 households 
361 
130 
131 
599 
709 
662 
1,338 
3 households 
80 
20 
48 
154 
130 
104 
330 
4 households 
37 
13 
7 
58 
41 
54 
102 
5 or more households 
30 
20 
11 
48 
44 
37 
47 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage. 
or adoption farms 
2,555 
933 
828 
3,921 
4,135 
4,331 
6,240 
acres 
402,469 
184,803 
196,340 
1,442,963 
2,947,120 
6,203,914 
26,257,449 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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